Interesting. Id think that would be hard to pull off not speaking fluent Spanish or none at all. I would also think that a native name such as Enrique or Santiago would be earned as they made friends in the area and gained respect. Showing up fresh off the boat and going with a Spanish name as I said before, doesn't make sense.

Enrique or Harry ( or Henry ) - Santiago or Jacob or James - Would be the literal translations and would be the names they were called in Spanish by the natives . As well, Mrs. H.A Place was known to ... more

Come out here and I'll show you people "native" to California who can't speak more than a smattering of english. But there were english and german speaking communities down there one could be raised... more

There could have been a very good reason for the use of the names. Dan has much more South American context and speaks Spanish fluently. I suspect there must be a rationale for the use of their alias ... more